A study day on ALFRED BARR and MARGARET SCOLARI BARR

Thursday, April 23rd 2015, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm

CIMA is excited to present a Study Day on Alfred Barr and Margaret Scolari Barr, on April 23. Alfred Barr (1902-81), the first director of the Museum of Modern Art, and Margaret Scolari Barr (1901-87), art historian and author of the first book in English on Medardo Rosso, played a crucial role in introducing modern Italian art to the United States. MoMA hosted the landmark exhibition Twentieth-Century Italian Art in 1949, and held the first museum show in the United States dedicated to Medardo Rosso in 1963. CIMA hosts a study day focused on the couple - their connections to Italy, to Medardo Rosso, and to the promotion of modern art more generally.

TICKETS:

$10 General Admission

Free for Members and Students (w/ a valid ID)
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PROGRAM SCHEDULE:

1.00pm - registration

1.30pm - Welcome: Heather Ewing, Executive Director, CIMA

Introductory Remarks: Alfred Barr and Gianni Mattioli
Laura Mattioli, President, CIMA

2:00pm - Out of the Chart: Barr's Struggle with Italian Art
Raffaele Bedarida, doctoral candidate at The Graduate Center, CUNY; CIMA Fellow 2013-14

2.30pm - MoMA's Italian Art Collection: A Debate Between Alfred Barr and Gio Ponti
Davide Colombo, postdoctoral researcher, University of Milan; Terra Foundation Fellow 2014

3.00pm Q&A; conversation; coffee break

4.00pm - Margaret Scolari Barr and Medardo Rosso
Francesco Guzzetti, doctoral candidate at Scuola Normale, Pisa; CIMA Fellow 2014-15

4.30pm - Discoveries from the Margaret Scolari Barr Papers at the MoMA Archives
Elena Cordova, Project Archivist, MoMA Archives

5.00pm - Alfred Barr and Josef Albers
Nicholas Fox Weber, Executive Director, Josef and Anni Albers Foundation

5.30pm - Q&A; conversation

6pm - reception and tours of the Medardo Rosso installation led by CIMA's fellows

For more Information: http://www.italianmodernart.org/